Ozy and Millie

Ozy and Millie — page 3 — a top hat for some reason They're best friends Ozy's adopted and his father is a dragon who is either wise or messing with everyone Their fair weather raccoon friend Avery is openly only hanging around until he can get someone cooler to hang out with him Ozy is bullied by a rabbit jock and Millie is tormented by a mean girl sheep These are the creatures who ran amok inside my head for ten years I look at Ozy and Millie now and see its flaws but I also see a thousand little lessons learned About writing and drawing and trying to say what's on your mind while also being funny and keeping your characters consistent I've often described Ozy and Millie as my graduate thesis in cartooning I also see the story of that part of my life It still means a lot to me and it seems not just me Even now years after I drew the last strip people often come up to me at conventions or send me e mails telling me they miss Ozy and Millie and hope to see them again These are vintage strips not new ones although they were never in color before now I tried to pick strips that represented what the comic was who the main characters were I'm sorry if I left out your favorite secondary character and what the strip was generally about I also went for strips that don't have a bunch of dated references in them that are a bit more ageless It's a bit late now for jokes about George W Bush late 90s boy bands or early 2000s reality TV

Ozy and Millie — page 4 — I picked strips from a few years in the middle because the art style evolved a lot over the years and I wanted to keep it semi consistent Most of all though I wanted to pick strips that make me laugh And a lot of these do That surprised me I had forgotten how funny a lot of this stuff is Well done younger me If you've met Ozy and Millie before welcome back If you haven't welcome I hope you have fun Dana Simpson March 2018

Ozy and Millie — page 5 — WHAT A PERFECT DAY NOTHING S GONNA CHANGE MY WORLD CLANG BANG I KEEP HEY OZY LOOK WHAT I FOUND ESTIMATING IN MY ATTIC HER UNDER NO CRASH GONG Nos WIS

Ozy and Millie — page 6 — I M THE QUEEN OF THE HILL NO NO YOU RE SUPPOSED TO NO ONE CAN POSSIBLY DETHRONE TRY TO COME ME EVER AND GET ME WHY OKAY I KEEP TO THE GROUND THE SO REALLY COMPLACENT LOW PLACES OTHERS DISDAIN YOU RE WELCOME SUBJECTS ARE IN DOING SO LIKE WATER I AM TO THE CHAIR SO BORING FREE TO FLOW ANYWHERE I PLEASE SIMPSON

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